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Posted 30 September 2021 During summer, many states and territories change their clocks to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. This process of 'daylight saving' allows ...
Posted 27 September 2021 On the 27th of September 1851, in Sydney’s Centennial Park, Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell and the future first Premier of NSW Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson stood ...
Posted 29 July 2021 Catch up on the latest in our 'House Talks' series, A Colonial Divorce: Drawing the Boundaries of NSW. In this fascinating talk, Dr André Brett, historian, researcher and ...
Posted 3 March 2021 “Women have a contribution to make to the life of the nation which only they can make,” said Millicent Preston Stanley (pictured) the first female parliamentarian in New South ...
Posted 4 February 2021 On 4 February 1954, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II attended the Opening of Parliament in New South Wales. The Queen’s attendance at this event marked not only the first ...
Posted 18 January 2021 What better way to open 2021 than with an anniversary. Edmund Barton was born 172 years ago this January and his legacy in our democracy still looms large. Edmund Barton ...